Stu's Tuesday (Friday) Challenge

Stu's moved his challenge to a Friday so that we have the weekend to get our picture and then the week to get it in to him.

This week the theme is Limitations:

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with the most fantastic idea. What would you shoot if time, money and skills were no issue? Then work within your limitations to realise your dream. See what unique surprises occur.

I am a bit slim on fantastic ideas at the moment so i thought i take a nice picture of my cat...

what I got was

and

never work with animals...

Sugarcraft: Colour

This week we started adding colour to out flowers.

To be honest I played a little at home, but Chris seemed to think it was the results were alright :)



They look more realistic when there is a little colour on them
(the bottoms one is real)

As well as dying the paste you can also use the powder to make speckled carnations



this is not the best picture but one is green and one is gold, along with the the peach one and the old fashion white one.

Next week we are turning a powder and paint using alcohol may need to get a better powder and some vodka.

Also I will be working on a Starburst at home.

Job update

today they told us that they ere extending consultation period

this is there reason:

"It is acknowledged that the consultation process is taking longer than the original 30 days, this is due to the constructive nature of the discussions that have taken place so far. In view of this it is proposed to extend the consultation process by a further two weeks to Friday 6th November."

constructive nature of the discussions ... surely is they are constructive it will be faster and not slower!

I am sure it has nothing to do with the lack job offers and people being on holiday! anyway the consultation is extended by 2 weeks which means more waiting,wondering and pay!

the cake - pictures

Nom!

Sugar Craft - half term

So for this week I have tried my hand at making a few more carnations, which a fiddly but I will get there with practice.

I have also made my first Gluten free cake, turned out better than expected.

I've decorated it for Helen's birthday tomorrow , and for a first attempt it is not to bad but I have a list of things I need to improve on for next time.

I will post picture tomorrow or Tuesday as I don't spoil the surprise

There is 7 months until Helen and Stu wedding which should give me to perfect baking, icing and decorating skills.

Priorities

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus: Contains infrequent strong language, scenes of threat, hanging and smoking

we need warnings in case people are smoking now! seems a little OTT to me.

Sugar Craft Week 3: Calix, rosehips and Carnations

So another Tuesday night and I took five new roses to my class, the old ones had a little accident and smashed into very small pieces. This we we put the calix on the rose (it is the little green leafy bit at the bottom) and then we put the rosehip on.
Rosehips are the little round bit at the bottom of the rose where the seeds grow. they are usually green but turn orange/red in the autumn.

So the roses now look like this.

we then made a carnation, they are fiddly to make but the look affective.

there is no class next week but I have a birthday cake to make...